goodrich



(No-Model.)

A. B. GOODRIOH.

WATGHMANS TIME RECORDER. No. 261,149. Patented July 18, 1882..

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ALFRED B. GOODRIOH, OF BUFFALO, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM J. BEYER, OF SAME PLACE.

WATCH MANS TIME-RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,149, dated July 18, 1882, Application filed April 3, 1882. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED B. Goonnron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, county of Erie, and State of New York, have made certain Improvements in Night- Watchmen Detectors, of which the following is a specification.

This device is for the purpose of insuring that night-watchmen in factories, hotels, manufactories, d502, make a periodical visit to each and all rooms or stories in such buildings, and record the time of visiton a device provided for that purpose, so that in the morning the proper person can discover if the watchman has properly performed his duties. Such devices are already in use, but are somewhat expensive and complicated.

My invention consists in its simplicity, but mainly in utilizing the usual speaking-tubes running through the different rooms or stories of a building and connecting therewith a simple recording device, which by merely using these tubes pneumatically lowing therein) will make such record by a pen, pencil, or pricking-point striking a roll of paper moved by clock-work, all as hereinafter fully explained.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a building, showing my device therein. Fig. 2 is a detail of the drum carrying the paper, 850.; Fig.3,detail of the speakingtube end, showing the hinged flap and weighted arm holding the pen.

A A A represent the stories of a building, having speaking-tubes a a a running from each story to an office, B, as is usual in many business-houses, See. My great improvement is to utilize these tubes or pipes for recording purposes, as follows: The lower end of each speaking-tube is provided with a vertical flap, b, hinged at the bottom to the pipe, thus closing temporarily that opening, which is addi tional to the one 0, used for speaking and whistling through, which is situated at some convenient part of the tube, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The flap 1) is keptclosed by aweighted rod, d,- or a fine spring attached to top of flap and to the tube may be employed. The rod (7. is elongated into an arm, (1, its end holding a writing-tube, pencil, or prickingpoint, e, as shown. All the mouths of the speaking-tubes in the office are thus provided, and these marking devices stand just over a barrel, 0, revolved by ordinary clock work, (not shown,) said barrel setting on the hourhand spindlef thereof, which is made long enough at the back forthat purpose. Around and over the surface of this barrel is set apaper, D, which is ruled around in as manylincs or spaces left as there are stories or speaking- 6o tubes in the building, each space between the lines marked off into hours, halves, quarters, or other subdivisions, as desired, or to correspond with those on a clock-dial. 7

At, say, 6 oclock p. m. the clock and has rel are started at that hour. The watchman, making his rounds, goes to the speaking-tube in each room or story and blows into the mouth-piece of the tube in each room. This throws forward the hinged flap 7), and with it the marking device 0, which strikes the paper D on the barrel 0, making a dot thereon, as shown in Fig. 2. The flap is immediately thrown back by the counter-balance d, which closes the pipe-opening, ready for the next visit and record. The operation of one is that p of each and all, each pipe having its own recordingdevice held over thepaper ot'thedrum, as explained. The mouth of these tubes a a a, with the flap and pen, the clock-work, and the usual mouth-pieces and whistle, are allinclosed in a case, E, which is locked at night and only opened in the morning for examination by the proper person to see thatthe spaces for hours or other subdivisions are marked by the automatic pen 6. The'back or side E of this case E is hinged and providedinside with pads or gags, which fit closely into the usual mouth-piece, c, of the speaking-tubes, so as to prevent the wind escaping through them or the record being tampered with by them. In the daytime this end E is raised, leaving the mouth-pieces exposed for their appropriate use.

I claim 1. In combination with the speaking-tubes a a a of a building, 850., the flap b, hinged to the mouth of each tube, with an attached arm, (1, having a recording-instrument, c, at one end, and provided with a spring or counter- In witness whereof I have hereunto signed ba'1ance, d, at the other end, all substantially my name in the presence of two subscribing to as and for the purpose specified. fl witnesses.

2. In combination with the pipes at a a, aps

5 1), arms d d", and pen 6, the paper D, divided 'GOODRIOH' into time-spaces and set around a drum, 0, Witnesses: which is revolved by suitable clock-work, all J. R. DRAKE, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 0. H. KELLOGG. 

